Sourcewatch.org (formerly Disinfopedia.org) gives a better background on PFF: * Lists as supporters BellSouth, EchoStar Communications Corporation, Sprint, Philip Morris, and RJ Reynolds * Was the thinktank behind Newt Gingrich's project to redesign the FDA (the leader of Gingrich's PAC is on the board) * Wrote several articles critical of open-source software while listing Microsoft as a supporter
[http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Progress_and_Freedom_Foundation ] But why is this point important for a tech board? Articles from the Progress & Freedom Foundation are an example of disinformation. Disinformation works on a rational level (offering up strawman arguments and dubious analyses) in order to build noise into a discussion. The discussion's signal-to-noise ratio becomes so bad very little meaningful information makes it through. Check the latest NYCw front page article for how even the FCC has gotten confused about the fact of natural monopoly (water, electricity, cabling): [http://nycwireless.net/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=56 ] Cheers, Rob P.S. Want to become savvier about where your media comes from? Check SourceWatch.org. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
